Pocket ash tray



Dec. 3, 1968 F.YJ. POLIZZI ET AL 3,413,981

POCKET ASH TRAY Filed Feb. 9, 1967 IN V6 N T OPS 30 FRANK .J. PouzzAND/PE .J- P L/ZZ/ Arrow:

United States Patent 01 lice Filed Feb. 9, 1967, Ser. No. 614,871 2Claims. (Cl. 131-256) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A tubular body isprovided with a closure member on one end thereof with a standardmounted on the inner side of the closure member and extending coaxiallywithin the body, the standard has an enlarged snufling head thereon inthe form of a fluted cone or rosehead countersink. An annular guidemember is provided in the other end of the body to guide the lighted endof a cigar or cigarette inserted therein to impaled condition on thesnufling head. A sealing cap is removably mounted on the body over theannular guide member and is attached to the body by a lanyard.

Summary of the invention The invention provides a pocket ash traycomprising a tubular body with a removable closure member on one end, astandard having an enlarged, conical, fluted snuffing head being mountedon the inner side of the closure member and extending coaxially withinthe body, an apertured guide member being provided in the other end ofthe body to guide a cigar or cigarette inserted therein to impaledcondition on the snufling head, a removable closure cap being removablymounted on the other end of the body over the guide member.

In the past numerous attempts have been made to provide a suitablepocket as tray, but most of such prior developments have either failedto insure the extinguishment of a cigar or cigarette, or have beenunwieldy to use or difl'icult to empty.

The present invention will be apparent from the following descriptionand the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pocket ash tray embodying theinvention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded, perspective view of the ash tray shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary, diametrical, sectional view of theash tray shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a central portion of the body beingbroken away.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an alternate apertured guide member witha larger hole therein for use by a cigar smoker.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a desk type ash tray having a similarextinguishing structure.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal, vertical, medial sectional view of the ashtray shown in FIG. 5.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the pocket ash tray A shown inFIGS. 1-3 comprises a tubular body 10 having an internally threadedlower end 11 and an internally and externally threaded upper end 12. Anexternally threaded closure member 13 is screwed into the lower end ofthe tubular body 10, and has a standard 14 mounted coaxially thereon.This standard preferably comprises the shank of an ordinary roseheadcountersink, and the conical, fluted head 15 thereof terminates wellshort of the upper end of the tubular body 10' so that when a cigaretteor cigar is snuffed, by irnpaling it thereon and twisting it, thebroken-up particles of the lighted coal will drop down into the lowerend of the body.

3,413,981 Patented Dec. 3, 1968 An externally threaded annular guidemember 17 is screwed into the internal threads 12a on the upper end ofthe body 10, two of these annular guide members preferably beingprovided with each pocket ash tray A, one 17a (FIG. 2) being of a sizeto receive the lighted end of a cigarette 16 (FIG. 5 and the other 17b(FIGS. 3 and 4) being of a size to receive a cigar (not shown).

When the lighted end of a cigarette or cigar is inserted endwise throughthe annular guide member 17a or 17b as the case may be to lightlyimpaled condition on the snufling head 15, a slight relative twist ofthe lighter and the cigarette exerts a reaming etfect which breaks upthe lighted coal on the end of the cigarette into small particles whichgravitate down into the lower end of the body 10 and are quicklyextinguished, either by contact with the metal of the pocket ash tray A,or by sulfocation when a top closure cap 18 is screwed onto the threads12b of the body 10.

An anchor post 19 projects coaxially from the top of the closure cap 18,and a swivel 20 is provided thereon to connect a lanyard or chain 21from the closure cap to an eye 22 on a side of the tubular body 10.

In using the pocket ash tray A the desired annular guide member 17a or17b, depending on whether the use is smoking cigarettes or cigars, isscrewed into the upper end of the tubular body 10, and with the partsfitted together as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the ash tray A may be carriedin the pocket until it is desired to use it. At such time the closurecap 18 is unscrewed, and if desired may be allowed to dangle from itslanyard 21 while the body 10 is held upright in the hand or is stood onits base on a suitable supporting surface, such as a table. Ashes from acigar or cigarette being smoked may be dropped through the annular guidemember 17 into the ash tray. When the user is through smoking, thelighted end of the cigarette or cigar is inserted substantiallycoaxially through the annular member 17 which guides it to impaledcondition on the fluted snufling head 15. Here a slight twist of thecigarette or cigar spreads and shreds the lighted coal on the end of thecigarette or cigar, the particles therefrom dropping by gravity past thefluted head 15 into the lower end of the body 10.

In the table type ash tray B shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a tray 30 has threestandards 31a, 31b, and 310 secured thereto as by riveting with theiraxes defining an upright plane medially of the width of the tray 30. Arod 32 is fitted into axially aligned transverse holes in the standardsand is secured against twisting displacement therein as by epoxy cementor silver solder. Each of the standards has a fluted, conical snufferhead 33 thereon similar to that 15 shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3.

The ends of the transverse rod 32 are fitted into and similarly securedinto holes provided in opposite ends of an inverted, boxshaped metalmember 34 having a plurality of guide holes 35a, 35b, and 356 to guidethe lighted end of a cigar or cigarette 16 (FIG. 5) inserted thereininto impaled condition on the snuifing head 33 therebeneath. Atransverse metal bracing strap 37 of rectangular inverted U shape issecured within the center of the box shaped member 34 and is fitted ontothe central standard 31b beneath the rod 32.

The operation of the table type ash tray B shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 willbe obvious to one having read the foregoing description pertaining tothe pocket ash tray A, FIGS. 1-4.

The invention provides a simple and highly effective pocket ash tray andcigarette extinguisher, which breaks up and reams oif the lighted coalfrom the end of a cigarette or cigar and deposits the fragments thereofin the body of the ash tray where they are quickly extinguished.

We claim:

1. A pocket ash tray comprising an open upright tubular body,

a closure member removably mounted in sealing relation on the lower endof the body,

an exposed standard of small diameter relative to the internal diameterof the body mounted on the closure member and extending co-axiallywithin the body and terminating short of the upper end of the body,

a conical, fiuted snuifer head mounted co-axially, base down, on theupper end of the standard, the base of the snutfer head being of largerdiameter than the standard, and spaced inwardly from the body,

an annular guide element in the upper end of the body axially above thesnuffer head and having a hole therein co-axially of the body of a sizeto receive and guide the lighted end of a cigarette inserted therein toimpaled condition on the snuifer head, and

a closure cap removably mounted in sealing relation on the upper end ofthe body and enclosing the annular guide element. 2. A pocket ash trayas claimed in claim 1 wherein the annular element comprises an annularmember removably fitted into the upper end of the body.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS D. 208,344 8/ 1967 Wood.

1,574,599 2/1926 Briscoe 131-235 1,764,862 6/1930 Vogelsang 131-2561,889,801 12/1932 Bessmer 131-235 1,972,896 9/1934 Neahr 131-2352,101,200 12/1937 Spangle'r 131-235 2,352,198 6/1944 Hinson 131-237FOREIGN PATENTS 322,707 12/ 1929 Great Britain.

JOSEPH S. REICH, Primary Examiner.

